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//   $Revision: 1.2 $
//   $Date: 2005-12-21 13:48:38 $
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//=============================================================================


//=============================================================================
//
//  Helper Functions for binary reading / writing
//
//=============================================================================

#ifndef OPENMESH_STORERESTORE_HH
#define OPENMESH_STORERESTORE_HH


//== INCLUDES =================================================================

#include <stdexcept>
#include <Core/System/config.hh>
#include <Core/IO/SR_binary.hh>

//== NAMESPACES ===============================================================

namespace OpenMesh {
	namespace IO {


		//=============================================================================


		/** \name Handling binary input/output.
		These functions take care of swapping bytes to get the right Endian.
		*/
		//@{


		//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
		// StoreRestore definitions

		template <typename T> inline
			bool is_streamable(void)
		{ return binary< T >::is_streamable; }

		template <typename T> inline
			bool is_streamable( const T& ) 
		{ return binary< T >::is_streamable; }

		template <typename T> inline
			size_t size_of( const T& _v ) 
		{ return binary< T >::size_of(_v); }

		template <typename T> inline
			size_t size_of(void) 
		{ return binary< T >::size_of(); }

		template <typename T> inline
			size_t store( std::ostream& _os, const T& _v, bool _swap=false)
		{ return binary< T >::store( _os, _v, _swap ); }

		template <typename T> inline
			size_t restore( std::istream& _is, T& _v, bool _swap=false)
		{ return binary< T >::restore( _is, _v, _swap ); }

		//@}


		//=============================================================================
	} // namespace IO
} // namespace OpenMesh
//=============================================================================
#endif // OPENMESH_MESHREADER_HH defined
//=============================================================================
